Emancipation: The Unfinished Project of Liberation visualizes what freedom looks like for Black Americans today and the legacy of the Civil War in 2023 and beyond from the perspectives of contemporary Black artists.
Dallas photographer David H. Gibson has been capturing the beauty of the Southwestern landscape for more than 50 years. Morning Light: The Photographs of David H. Gibson takes us to two of his favorite sites, Cypress Creek in Wimberley, Texas, and Eagle Nest Lake nestled in the mountains east of Taos, New Mexico.
This exhibition surveys the work of Los Angeles-based artist Christina Fernandez, whose rich practice explores migration, labor, gender, Mexican American identity, and the unique capacities of the photographic medium.
Drawn primarily from the Carter’s collection, Arthur Dove: Miniature Laboratories examines a selection of small works created when Dove was confined in his home and the surrounding area in Long Island, NY, due to health issues.
2023 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Richard Avedon, renowned fashion and portrait photographer. As part of a national celebration, the Carter is showcasing 13 works from the acclaimed series In the American West, which the Museum commissioned in 1979 and premiered in 1985.
As part of the Carter's outdoor sculpture program, Elizabeth Turk’s The Tipping Point: Echoes of Extinction comprises vertical sound sculptures of bird species that are endangered or extinct. Each work is a sculptural visualization of the call of a bird that has reached, or surpassed, a tipping point.
Darryl Lauster’s Testament, a bronze obelisk, asks the viewer to be a critical reader of information and to look at the function of text in different contexts. Combining pop culture references with quotes from U.S. foundational documents, Testament questions what we know about our nation’s history and promises.
The Carter houses one of the great collections of American art, from historical landscapes captured on canvas to city streets seen through the lens of a camera. We’re regularly changing out these works, so each time you visit, you know you’ll encounter something you haven’t seen before.
